PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Justo nonumy rebum dolor dolore praesent nonumy. Lorem eirmod no vulputate adipiscing diam esse ipsum ut laoreet stet diam magna accusam et sanctus. At nibh lorem dolore vulputate sanctus stet diam praesent duis sed clita dolores gubergren et sanctus et. Lorem accusam takimata ut exerci gubergren labore. Amet magna at accumsan. Duo sea facilisis takimata voluptua aliquyam adipiscing. Ad aliquyam diam aliquyam sit adipiscing vero duo minim delenit ut sea vero luptatum illum et. Rebum vulputate diam augue consetetur praesent.
Sit sanctus ipsum voluptua ipsum eos dolor suscipit aliquip ullamcorper gubergren et diam lorem eum sadipscing vero. Ex et minim est commodo dolor et eirmod amet velit dolore ad takimata. Accusam sit eleifend dolore ut diam. Nibh feugait et amet erat magna vulputate sed illum sed vel esse. Dolores at dolore elitr diam.
Sample Output H3
Rebum clita est vero tempor lorem ipsum rebum tempor elit et sea sanctus. Vero elit consetetur. Sanctus duo ipsum gubergren dolore minim eirmod. Delenit nonummy ea elitr et esse et. Autem quis liber ipsum vero sit nibh sed sed amet sanctus dolore vel amet. Stet tempor lorem dolores stet eirmod est sit quis invidunt magna nisl velit dolores erat at suscipit. Dolore wisi nonumy at erat suscipit sea. Sanctus dolor gubergren takimata dignissim magna facilisis lorem ipsum sanctus ullamcorper wisi no sea lorem. Sit erat diam exerci diam eum clita vero wisi luptatum veniam. Ipsum tempor sea duis euismod ipsum zzril accusam at ipsum dolore ea velit ipsum.
Dolores tempor dolore at. Et aliquyam amet feugiat dolore tempor. Diam ut magna. Ipsum consetetur ipsum elit ad ipsum consetetur sanctus facilisis lorem eirmod elitr ad clita eirmod sed sed nonumy suscipit. Accusam amet sed et tation. Labore sed et sit dolore possim commodo facilisis clita rebum. Zzril elitr tempor tincidunt est dolores possim nostrud tempor est dolores dolore sit vel dolor clita. Et dolor rebum lobortis diam. Stet tempor nonumy dolore nonumy praesent stet labore lorem quod dolor feugiat sit est lorem dolores ipsum diam. Magna dolore sit aliquyam et dolores augue diam nisl duis gubergren ea tempor.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt at ea tincidunt sit amet quod accusam dolores ipsum lorem nonumy suscipit in erat dolores dolore. Ipsum laoreet takimata stet. Et suscipit nostrud sed sanctus sanctus nonumy consetetur kasd elitr augue dolore augue dolor ullamcorper suscipit consetetur voluptua ea. Sed iusto diam sadipscing consequat ut aliquyam kasd et dolore delenit gubergren diam ipsum. Justo elitr lorem ipsum. At gubergren accusam. Takimata in vero et. Labore sea delenit sed amet consetetur eos vel kasd iusto et diam consequat velit voluptua veniam et est. Sanctus in magna in eos sit accumsan duo sit aliquyam justo elitr kasd rebum.
Diam sit erat kasd sea eu voluptua id amet dolore eirmod magna in. Lorem lorem esse veniam no esse dolor. Euismod sed accusam diam magna et dolor facilisis gubergren nonummy consetetur kasd. Veniam ipsum et et mazim et voluptua diam. Clita vero amet sanctus doming et et rebum lobortis duo et nonumy eum tincidunt kasd dolore. Hendrerit augue aliquip eos sadipscing tempor elit stet elitr eleifend magna gubergren dolore ea dolor dolor. Facilisis minim zzril sed diam magna elitr rebum voluptua no eirmod in justo kasd. Ullamcorper accusam aliquyam quod cum justo justo ipsum rebum consetetur. Molestie dolor tempor duo sit voluptua exerci no stet. Ad kasd et magna dolor in dolores duis.
Sample Output H4
Vero nonumy ipsum labore sit labore iusto tincidunt gubergren gubergren et amet ipsum iusto. Amet no sea iusto sit dolores no dolore erat diam nonumy ad exerci. Takimata ipsum consetetur diam et dolor sit eirmod kasd et nisl nonumy et voluptua lorem gubergren feugiat. Iriure sit eum et no. Dolor eirmod ea takimata eos vel consectetuer. Gubergren dolore sea takimata augue sed sea sadipscing clita vel. Invidunt tempor eos et et amet et gubergren et et. Diam voluptua consetetur in consetetur lobortis nulla eirmod sed labore suscipit dolores sanctus dolore duo dolor kasd. Eos dolores lorem lorem aliquyam eos dolore eos accusam magna stet lorem et lorem wisi et.
Clita voluptua invidunt lorem rebum magna rebum dolor lorem. Amet volutpat et ipsum esse eos elitr eirmod clita diam tempor nisl et et et. Voluptua sanctus dolore ut et feugiat vulputate eirmod. Sanctus dolor aliquam dolor. Ut doming takimata ut erat.
Sample Output H3
Rebum ad ea. Sanctus accusam consequat duis tincidunt no lorem possim ipsum lobortis volutpat eos ea amet ut. Kasd rebum luptatum et dolor amet consetetur eum quis ea luptatum sed rebum illum clita nulla. Eos no tation. Ullamcorper erat dolor dolor aliquyam et dolore et dolor in ut at ut lorem sit sit vero et at. Diam ipsum et. Vero accumsan quis mazim sed sit sed laoreet diam magna tempor duo. Dignissim veniam sadipscing nulla kasd dolor et lorem ad.
Kasd sed et lorem rebum elit rebum nam. Possim mazim vero iriure diam elitr amet consequat feugait. Accusam et dolore ex et. Nisl ea erat nonumy sit sed rebum at ipsum magna sed erat tempor amet. Dolores autem lorem erat stet eirmod eu sanctus dolor sit lorem vulputate nostrud. Rebum sed aliquyam ea gubergren kasd et ut.
Sample Output H4
Clita feugiat commodo. Nulla stet et duis vel nisl ipsum invidunt et. Te sanctus accusam nulla diam tation et ullamcorper et magna labore justo. Commodo diam duo et et dolore et vel blandit lobortis ut. Nonumy ut lorem sea gubergren sed imperdiet sed eros est ipsum diam eros sea. Enim sanctus no gubergren clita ut erat velit ut lorem diam et lorem vel invidunt.
Ut consetetur tempor et ad ipsum sea vero nisl vero vero. Est amet facilisi voluptua nisl sit nibh. Vero placerat sed ut lorem amet gubergren. Accusam sadipscing in est clita. Est dolores et eirmod lorem eros eu sadipscing sanctus consequat takimata hendrerit duo eirmod nulla iriure.
Sample Output H4
Elitr gubergren sadipscing clita et eu eos ipsum aliquyam est lorem stet dolore justo sit dolore sanctus sed. Erat magna ipsum voluptua illum sit et lorem takimata ipsum et at takimata sed ut autem ad. Voluptua stet gubergren rebum nonumy labore amet nulla clita dolor aliquyam amet justo dolore tincidunt et rebum dolor nonumy. Nonummy dolore augue at dolores et labore et amet labore eos in sit duo. Sed facilisis cum dolor ea consequat et sea eos rebum amet rebum justo qui wisi. Tempor feugait eos justo et blandit ut ipsum vero lorem et ad nulla. Amet clita amet ipsum duis clita at dolore ut dolore eos lorem diam amet ipsum tempor consetetur dolore amet.
Erat consetetur et dolore nulla minim ut ad dolore vel diam aliquyam amet. Et dolore molestie eos et molestie velit dolore volutpat doming amet erat diam sadipscing tempor gubergren diam justo. Exerci accusam labore duo. Justo duo eos option imperdiet diam rebum eos amet sit et. Takimata iusto et et eum dolore dolore voluptua invidunt lorem laoreet clita nibh ipsum erat. Elitr aliquip consetetur elit nulla sit est eos rebum at velit nulla magna accusam dolores. Est vero ipsum luptatum enim. Et sed tation feugiat erat lorem amet sed et kasd in sanctus dolore dolor ipsum vero ipsum diam.
More Sample Output H2
Ipsum et eirmod ipsum sed ea erat tincidunt sea duo sit zzril iriure duo velit duis diam. Eu duo vero ipsum diam at adipiscing at vulputate vero elitr eos voluptua stet et rebum accusam duis. Eirmod in lorem dolor dolor laoreet dolor autem stet amet. Tempor eirmod dolor vero sea labore placerat illum labore gubergren cum et no vero sit feugait in. Dolore lorem ipsum eos consetetur et vulputate dolor elitr at nulla invidunt. Dolore congue te magna iusto labore vel lorem ipsum et et feugiat dolore ut invidunt. Duo duo sed gubergren vero rebum amet amet ipsum gubergren vero labore consetetur at et lorem eu elitr. Consequat autem elitr dolor consetetur sea volutpat et vero duis stet autem labore sit ipsum eum elitr sit sadipscing.
Soluta amet consequat augue gubergren amet kasd. Facilisi dolores duis molestie esse aliquam erat sadipscing eirmod. Dolor euismod lorem tempor ipsum nonumy sit erat ut te dolore. Dolor tincidunt eu. Labore laoreet facilisis wisi et takimata takimata in ut erat praesent amet enim quis. Sit est dolores. Sit elitr et sed tation dolor esse dolores erat eros eu magna eos est et esse sea dolor. Dignissim amet duo suscipit aliquip et vero dolores lorem nonumy esse option et. Consequat consetetur sit duo magna sed sit amet suscipit. Ea lorem ipsum diam.
Sample Output H3
At rebum ipsum consectetuer dolor amet dignissim wisi sed ad ut invidunt vel. Erat kasd clita eum accumsan kasd et consequat nostrud. Tempor at est aliquyam in ipsum voluptua at voluptua duis rebum at eum et et vulputate sadipscing. Et consequat sanctus et consetetur aliquyam no lorem et invidunt et aliquyam sadipscing labore. Vel autem diam feugait sed voluptua justo est ullamcorper takimata et. Eos amet ut diam est sit. Eleifend erat sit. Magna voluptua accusam. Et laoreet sea sit facilisi quis. Rebum possim amet sed. Et ut tincidunt erat.
Labore tempor aliquyam dolore aliquyam amet sanctus stet odio accusam nulla tincidunt gubergren et invidunt. Dolor ea nihil stet adipiscing diam volutpat ut eirmod sea diam lorem magna feugiat magna. Dolore vulputate sadipscing illum molestie takimata nonumy consetetur ea. Est illum dolor clita sed nibh luptatum et tation augue et. In amet eirmod aliquip duis accusam takimata stet sea diam et. Doming qui sed.
Sample Output H4
Nonumy justo lorem te eirmod amet. Sit sed duo sed. Ex sadipscing sanctus diam aliquip sit magna nihil aliquyam kasd takimata eirmod diam invidunt rebum erat justo. Hendrerit esse magna labore praesent no et amet lorem magna lorem eirmod invidunt odio. Et lorem feugiat stet kasd sed iusto consetetur eos diam sed. Amet suscipit dolor illum lorem sed vero erat consetetur ipsum lorem tation. Aliquyam et et lorem sadipscing te et vel iriure sadipscing kasd labore ea takimata consetetur dolores gubergren.
Velit dolor et rebum ipsum vel amet voluptua sit nulla lorem sed justo sanctus luptatum. Et eos consetetur vel ipsum tempor dolore est duis qui consectetuer nonumy et. Stet gubergren consetetur gubergren et ut ea et qui tempor. Esse commodo diam rebum illum sit diam labore velit eos cum et eu amet. Vel dolore consectetuer ut clita kasd est diam nonummy et labore at ut. Accusam rebum duis takimata. Clita velit wisi at sed et et eirmod ex voluptua nulla aliquip consequat ipsum. Ut diam nonumy illum takimata dolore dolore dolores ea. Labore iusto sadipscing ipsum dolor sea takimata no elitr et vel et invidunt et stet diam. Ut suscipit eirmod duis sit gubergren amet nonummy ut euismod stet volutpat est ex accusam diam duis at sit. Tempor dolore dolor qui eum at.
Sample Output H4
Dolor sit dolores accusam invidunt gubergren takimata erat diam luptatum eirmod kasd minim nisl labore dolor iriure nostrud tempor. Laoreet vel elitr amet clita consetetur velit et tempor ex takimata at stet. Stet commodo no ullamcorper vel delenit quod ullamcorper diam amet stet nonumy dolore. Ea amet nonumy et. Ea lorem velit no accusam no ullamcorper eos commodo consetetur iriure no ipsum et justo consetetur eleifend sadipscing. Diam vulputate takimata et et dolor nobis et sea assum sed tempor erat eos tation lorem sit eos. Lorem duo et lorem sed luptatum qui tempor et takimata. Dolor consequat takimata qui sanctus commodo takimata eirmod et eum esse velit soluta ipsum at dolore.
Dolore duo vero lorem sea nonumy accusam eirmod amet et duo praesent hendrerit sadipscing et vero. Diam facilisis gubergren amet gubergren. Eum esse clita amet dolor nonumy accusam sit elitr diam dolor euismod velit kasd ea. Duo ipsum sit congue sed rebum vulputate est kasd accusam tincidunt nisl. Amet tempor invidunt eos gubergren sea ea erat vero eos. Nihil amet nibh. Sea dolore kasd delenit option et vero kasd.
Sample Output H3
Dolores dolore dolor takimata esse autem imperdiet dolores invidunt dolor lobortis et. Erat labore nisl magna minim vero dolor dolor vero takimata at zzril eum kasd. Lorem sed dolor. Takimata at in sed autem et consequat consequat accusam nibh rebum euismod sea. Et magna erat sit diam et tempor no feugiat sadipscing quod gubergren diam rebum molestie luptatum stet no. Kasd no accumsan tempor tincidunt est no voluptua autem sit accusam. Nostrud ea ut quis vel amet no nonumy justo eos nihil ea sit. Labore amet takimata stet est eu.
Dolor et diam kasd invidunt diam ea sanctus et vero eirmod dolor aliquyam nulla erat ipsum. Dolores lorem dignissim amet eirmod. Accusam volutpat dolor nobis consectetuer assum consequat sit nulla accumsan consequat liber sed. Velit no aliquip facilisi eum vel et dolor sit lorem delenit nulla tempor voluptua takimata quis amet. No consequat eirmod nostrud qui nisl. Duo sea dolore nihil vero sit. No ut justo facilisi dolores rebum duis at gubergren no dolore amet invidunt vero et ut nonumy.
Sample Output H4
Te dolor ut amet diam ut. Vero diam accusam. Blandit delenit dolore feugiat sed lorem diam. Aliquyam invidunt nonumy praesent consetetur. Nibh ut volutpat sea.
Sadipscing commodo eirmod facilisi accumsan in te elitr eirmod et nonumy erat lorem erat feugait tempor dolor nonummy veniam. Dolores diam adipiscing tempor liber nibh amet dolores justo eos sit dolores sadipscing duo elit et magna erat dignissim. Sea et dolor no autem velit vel lobortis. Nonumy nam sadipscing sed amet tempor ipsum dolores sit tempor erat eos sadipscing et. At eos sed dolor sed. Eos duo eos amet dolore sit et diam nonumy.
Sample Output H4
Erat rebum erat et justo eirmod voluptua eu feugiat ipsum justo ut laoreet accusam rebum vel. Ut tation sanctus aliquyam volutpat tincidunt dolores nonumy. Dolore diam cum commodo diam vero duo magna dolor sed tation sadipscing est et. In diam iriure eirmod in dolore in vel euismod dolor diam consequat stet sit est accusam no. Ipsum vulputate diam aliquyam erat et feugiat. Gubergren eros ipsum et diam facilisis voluptua lorem. Invidunt et stet dolore. Facilisi tempor sed eleifend accusam no est erat in no aliquyam amet takimata nostrud amet sea. Magna in dolores est et clita facilisi. Quis et elitr no ipsum nonumy aliquip ea dolor labore gubergren dolor ipsum sit tempor justo. Est amet accusam et.
Ipsum ut justo sed takimata magna dolores. Rebum lorem amet nonumy aliquam illum accusam tempor. Erat ut illum at diam takimata diam laoreet justo erat eos vel et lorem justo ipsum. In at labore iriure consetetur amet ut sed sit minim ipsum sanctus lorem. Kasd labore sea mazim elit voluptua et rebum sit ea est accusam labore duis. Minim amet adipiscing at kasd elitr delenit tempor at cum invidunt lorem ut iriure in diam minim aliquip vero. Enim no duis vero nostrud stet at erat justo nonumy eos.